Manufacture of fastening devices for gloves, &amp; c.



Patented Mar. 26, l90l.

W. B. MURPHY.

MANUFACTURE 0F FASTENING DEVICES FOR GLOVES, &|:.

(Application filed Aug. 3, 1899. Renewed May 10, 1900.)

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Pa tented Mar. 26, IBM.

No. 670,72I.

W. B. MURPHY.

MANUFACTURE OF FASTENING DEVICES FOR GLOVES, 811:.

(Application filed Aug. 3, 1899. Benawed May 10, 1900.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

UNITED i STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. MURPHY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO LUCIUS N.

LITTAUER, OF GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK.

MANUFACTURE OF FASTENING DEVICES FOR GLOVES, 84.0.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 670,721. dated March 26,1901.

Application filed August 3, 1899. Renewed May 10, 1900. oeriai No.16,196 No model.)

To It whom, it n'trtg concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. MURPHY, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in the Manufacture ofFastening Devices for Gloves and other Articles, of which the followingis aspecification.

My improvement relates to the manufacture of the stud member of thatclass of fastening devices for gloves and other articles which arecomposed of a resilient or spring stud member and a rigid socket memberadapted to receive and hold the stud member, the former being adapted tobe attached to one flap and the latter to the other flap of the glove orother article, so that when the head of the resilient stud member ismade to occupy the socket member the two flaps become firmly fastenedtogether, but so that a ready disengagement is permitted, and my presentimprovement comprises a new and improved method of making the resilientor spring stud member for use in such relation; and the object of mypresent invention is to facilitate the manufacture of same.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in perspective of thepiece from which the stud is formed and made. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same lookingfrom above downward. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same piece afterapertures or slits have been cut therein, as hereinafter described. Fig.5 is a view in perspective of the shape given to the piece by the firstoperation after the apertures or slits have been cut. Fig. 6 is asectional view of the same. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the pieceafter the next operation, showing it in condition for attachment to thefabric. Fig. 8 is a plan view of same looking from above downward. Fig.9 is a sectional View of the stud shown in Fig. 8, attached to thefabric. Fig. 10 is a plan view of a washer. Fig. 11 is a view of thestud shown partly in section and attached to the fabric, the washerbeing used. Fig. 12 is a sectional view of the eyelet which may be usedfor attaching the stud to the fabric, and Fig. 13 is a sectional view ofthe stud attached to the fabric by means of said eyelet.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts.

The drawings are on a considerably-enlarged scale.

The piece A, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, from which the spring-stud is formed isstruck up from sheet metal and is composed of the tubular part b and thehorizontal flange "a, which should be in about the proportions shown inthe drawings, and it will be noticed that the tubular portion 1) tapersslightly as it recedes from the horizontal flange. The piece A beingformed is placed in a press in which the radially-located slits orapertures c are cut in the flange a contiguous to the base of thetapering tube. (See Fig. i.) I prefer to cut five or siX of theseapertures, preferably five; but there may be a greater number, ifdesired, though a greater number tends to weaken the stud, and there maybe a fewer number, but a fewer number will tend to diminish theresiliency of the stud. After. the slits or apertures c are formed inthe piece A the piece is then placed in another press and the horizontalflange portion is pressed in the direction of tube b, so as to cause theportion thereof contiguous to such tube to be drawn over and down tosurround the tube and to form an annular head A. (See Figs. 5 to In thisdrawing over of the portion of the flange next the tube the slits ctherein are drawn out or extended, so that the metal between the slitsconstitute the sides of what is to form a resilient head, a smallportion of the slits c, Fig. 5, still remaining in the horizontal flangea, and there is also effected a slight drawing over inward and downwardof the other or inward end of the slits. In Fig. 5 is shown theresulting stud member A, with head I) and interior tube or support I)".If the stud is intended to be attached to the fabric by means of aneyelet, Figs. 12 and 13, the tube should be drawn down, so that the endh, Fig. 6, will project below the flange a about the distance shown inFig. 6. If, however, the stud is intended to be attached without aneyelet, then the piece A, Fig. 1, should be made with a longer tube andthe tube should be drawn downward, so that the end g, Fig. 7, willproject below the flange ct about the distance shown in Fig. 7, so as toafford sufficient metal to be spread out on the under surface of thefabric and hold the stud in place, as shown in Figs. 9 and 11. The

where the head is given a somewhat spherical form, which operationresults in still further slightly narrowing and elongating the slits anddrawing up the metal in the flange adjajacent to the spherical head anddrawing over inward and downward a portion of the metal between theslits, thereby increasing the resiliency of the head and also thefirmness of the spherical head without impairing its resiliency, or thisoperation may be performed in the same press as that in which the tubeis drawn down or by the same operation.

By the above method of operation the forms shown in Figs. 6 and 7 arefinally obtained, having the head 19, made resilient by vertical slitsc, a flanged base a, integral with the lower end of the head 79, acentrally-located interior tube 19' and depending therefrom, said tubeserving as a support for the resilient head.

When the piece has reached the condition shown in Figs. 6 or 8, it isready for attachment to the fabric. This attachment is performed byfirst perforating the fabric with a hole only sufficiently large toallow the passage therethrough of that portion g, Fig. 7, of the tube 5which projects below the plane of the under side of the flange a. Thisportion of the tube is then passed through the hole in the fabric untilthe lower side of the flange a of the stud rests upon the upper side ofthe fabric, when by means of a tool or press operating within thedownwardly-projecting portion of the tube (indicated at g in Fig. '7)the tube is spread outwardly, so as to contact with the under surface ofthe fabric. in the manner shown in Fig. 9, where frepresents the fabric,and g the spread-out tubular portion, or a washer 10, Fig. 10, may belaid on the under side of the fabric, the tube passing through theaperture therein, and the lower part g, Fig. 8, of the tube 19 may bespread out upon the washer w, as shown in Fig. 11. When formed andattached in this manner, the stud, including the flange on the upperside of the fabric, whereby the resilient head is firmly seated upon thefabric, the resilient head itself, and the flange on the under side ofthe fabric,whereby the stud is attached to the fabric, is composed, asseen, of a single piece or a single piece and a washer, and theassembling togetherand nice adjustment of several parts is consequentlyobviated, or instead of securing the stud in the mannerjust described Imay use the eyelet shown in section in Fig. 12. This eyelet has theflanged portion 61 and the tubular portion e, which tubular portion issmall enough in diameter to enter the downwardly-projecting tubularportion h of the tube 1), as shown in Figs. 6 and 13, and should be ofsuch length as to penetrate the tube 1), Figs. 6 and 13, so that the topof the tube 6 of the eyelet may be spread outwardly and occupy the widerportion of the tube 1), Figs. 6 and 13. The stud having been formed andshaped as shown in Figs. 6 and 13 and placed upon the fabric, thelowerdepending portion of the tube b having been passed through the holein the fabric formed as and for the purpose just before described, theeyelet, Fig. 12, is then applied, so that the tubular part c of theeyelet is passed upward within the down wardly-depending part 71 of thetube b, Figs. 6 and 13, so that the top of the part c of the eyelet willbe well within the wider part of the downwardly-projecting tube (1 andso that the flange d of the eyelet lies against the under side of thefabric. Then by means of a suitable press the upper part of the tubularpart c of the eyelet is spread within the enlarged area of the tube b",so that the eyelet cannot be withdrawn from the stud. (See Fig. 13.)This method of attaching the eyelet gives a desirable finish to theunder portion of the fabric and at the same time secures the stud to thefabric and is the method of attaching the stud which I prefer, althoughit involves the use of one additional piece. It is obvious that theextent to which the tube b will project downwardly will depend to aconsiderable degree upon the thickness of the fabric. It may also bemade so as not to project downwardly below the plane of the uppersurface of the fabric in case an eyelet is intended to be used; but Iprefer to construct the stud in the manner shown, as greater firmness isthereby obtained.

The interior tube I), especially when reinforced by the tubular portionof the eyelet, (see Fig. 13,) affords a firm support for the exteriorslitted portion of the stud and effectually secures the same againstdistortion by blows. The slits in the sides of the spherical headterminating in the horizontal flange a. and extending over the top ofthe head somewhat into the interior gives to the stud all desirableresiliency, and the labor and difficulty of assembling small partstogether and nicely adjusting them are entirely avoided or reduced toassembling two parts'at the most.

I do not claim in this application the stud described herein as made bymy improved method, but I wish it to be understood that I reserve thesame as subject-matter for a separate application.

I claim as new- The method of making a spring-stud intended forengagement with a rigid socket, consisting in forming a piece with aflaring tubular portion and a flange at one end thereof, slitting thesaid flange radially therein and near the said tubular portion, drawingthe said slitted portion of the flange over and around the tubularportion to form an annular head, while elongating said slits, andleaving the metal portions, between the slits, resilient, and allowingthe tubular portion to remain.

WILLIAM MURPHY.

Witnesses:

G. A. TAYLOR, VINCENT P. LYNOTT.

